Romania at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Romania at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Flag of Romania
IOC code	ROU
NOC	Romanian Olympic Committee
Website	www.cosr.ro  (in Romanian)
in Beijing, China 4–20 February 2022
Competitors	21 (13 men and 8 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Raluca Strămăturaru Paul Pepene
Flag bearer (closing)	Andreea Grecu
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Romania competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. ^{[1] [2]}

On January 20, 2022, luger Raluca Strămăturaru and cross-country skier Paul Pepene were named as the flagbearers for the team during the opening ceremony. ^{[3] [4]} Meanwhile bobsledder Andreea Grecu was the flagbearer during the closing ceremony. ^[5]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	1	1	2
Biathlon	1	1	2
Bobsleigh	4	2	6
Cross-country skiing	2	1	3
Luge	3	1	4
Ski jumping	2	1	3
Speed skating	0	1	1
Total	13	8	21

Alpine skiing

Main articles: Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

By meeting the basic qualification standards, Romania has qualified one male and one female alpine skier. ^[6]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alexandru Ștefănescu	Men's giant slalom	1:14.20	38	1:19.01	33	2:33.21	32
	Men's slalom	1:01.72	39	58.70	35	2:00.42	35
Maria Constantin	Women's giant slalom	1:08.25	50	1:10.25	45	2:18.50	45
	Women's slalom	DNF		did not advance

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
George Colțea	Men's sprint	27:54.7	2 (1+1)	89
Natalia Ushkina	Women's individual	51:04.1	2 (0+1+1+0)	56
	Women's sprint	24:14.3	2 (1+1)	71

Bobsleigh

Main articles: Bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mihai Cristian Tentea Ciprian Nicolae Daroczi	Two-man	59.83	12	1:00.46	22	1:00.19	15	1:00.28	16	4:00.76	16
Mihai Tentea Raul Dobre Ciprian Daroczi Cristian Radu	Four-man	58.87	10	59.55	13	59.30	14	59.93	18	3:57.65	=13
Andreea Grecu	Monobob	1:05.56	11	1:05.71	8	1:06.46	15	1:06.26	10	4:23.99	12
Andreea Grecu Katharina Wick	Two-woman	1:01.82	9	1:02.47	20	1:02.25	16	1:02.44	18	4:08.98	18

Cross-country skiing

Main articles: Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Romania qualified two male and one female cross-country skier. ^[7]

Distance

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Paul Pepene	Men's 30 km skiathlon	41:39.3	29	40:30.4	28	1:22:41.4	+6:31.6	28
Tímea Lőrincz	Women's 10 km classical	—	37:15.3	+9:09.0	86

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Raul Popa	Men's	2:59.85	47	did not advance
Paul Pepene Raul Popa	Men's team	—				21:03.35	9	Did not advance	18
Tímea Lőrincz	Women's	3:55.15	78	did not advance

Luge

Main articles: Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Valentin Cretu	Men's singles	58.349	20	58.362	15	1:02.223	34	did not advance		2:58.934	29
Raluca Strămăturaru	Women's singles	1:01:357	31	1:00.305	27	DNF
Vasile Gîtlan Darius Şerban	Men's doubles	59.694	13	1:00.243	16	—				1:59.937	14

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Raluca Strămăturaru Valentin Cretu Vasile Gîtlan Darius Şerban	Team relay	1:01.402	9	1:02.743	10	1:03.547	10	3:07.692	9

Ski jumping

Main articles: Ski jumping at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Ski jumping at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Athlete	Event	Qualifying			First round			Final			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Daniel Cacina	Men's large hill	114.0	88.8	44 Q	119.0	97.8	46	did not advance
Andrei Feldorean		104.5	69.0	52	did not advance
Daniel Cacina	Men's normal hill	83.5	70.9	40 Q	89.5	95.8	48	did not advance
Andrei Feldorean		76.5	55.0	45 Q	82.0	84.3	50	did not advance
Daniela Haralambie	Women's normal hill	—			88.5	83.0	19 Q	79.5	73.2	25	156.2	25

Speed skating

Main articles: Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Individual

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Mihaela Hogaş	500 m	39.45	29
	1000 m	1:19.33	29

References

1. "NOCs List Beijing 2022". www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 26 January 2022.
2. "Which countries are competing in the Winter Olympics 2022? Full list". The Independent . London, United Kingdom. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
3. Mihalache, Sorin (20 January 2022). "Raluca Strămăturaru şi Paul Pepene, purtătorii drapelului României la JO de Iarnă Beijing 2022" [Raluca Strămăturaru and Paul Pepene, bearers of the Romanian flag at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics]. Cuget Liber (in Romanian). Constanța, Romania. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
4. "Beijing-2022 Opening Ceremony Flag-Bearers". www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
5. "Beijing-2022 Closing Ceremony Flag-Bearers" (PDF). www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 20 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
6. "ALPINE SKIING QUOTAS LIST FOR OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 2022". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 15 June 2021. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
7. "CROSS-COUNTRY QUOTAS LIST FOR OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 2022". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 15 June 2021. Archived from the original on 28 May 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.